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i think michigan will be secure. but i tell you what, chris, before i brush my teeth, i looked at the politics and so i have a great respect for what they do. they're wrong on florida. the early voting that msnbc had with the william & mary study. if hillary wins florida, she can lose wisconsin and michigan and still win. >> john braybenner, he knows his stuff. he said the hillary people have a much better ground game, better organization. trump has none, really, but they can force their voters out early. >> florida is actually where we have a decent amount running. i think five of them have hillary clinton ahead but only by a point or two, and a couple of polls have donald trump up by four points. so he's actually leaning in the average. so we got a decent amount of data there. look, again, it's less than 1.4%, so that basically was a, sufficient information for a voter to decide what it means. my brother in pennsylvania, they're all gidy about this. do you sense, governor, that this will get republican excitement t
i think michigan will be secure. but i tell you what, chris, before i brush my teeth, i looked at the politics and so i have a great respect for what they do. they're wrong on florida. the early voting that msnbc had with the william & mary study. if hillary wins florida, she can lose wisconsin and michigan and still win. >> john braybenner, he knows his stuff. he said the hillary people have a much better ground game, better organization. trump has none, really, but they can force...
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congress from michigan. more voters in michigan cast a ballot for a democratic member of congress than cast a ballot for a republican member of congress. and it was by quite a lot, by a couple 100,000 votes. overall, more michigan voters wanted to send a democrat to congress to represent them than wanted to send a republican to represent them. guess who is actually going to congress to represent them? ah, yes, republicans. michigan's congressional delegation will include almost twice as many republicans as democrats, even though more people in michigan picked a democrat when they voted for congress. republicans got nine seat and the democrats got five. what has happened in michigan is not some sort of miscounting of the votes. it is not a mistake. it is weird quite deliberately, and weird by design. elected officials draw up new districts for electing members of congress in state legislatures every ten years after the new census. well, republicans were in charge this time around in michigan, so it was the re
congress from michigan. more voters in michigan cast a ballot for a democratic member of congress than cast a ballot for a republican member of congress. and it was by quite a lot, by a couple 100,000 votes. overall, more michigan voters wanted to send a democrat to congress to represent them than wanted to send a republican to represent them. guess who is actually going to congress to represent them? ah, yes, republicans. michigan's congressional delegation will include almost twice as many...
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mitt romney has a tough sell to make in michigan. he has to somehow convince vote there's he opposed president obama's bailout of detroit, while at the same time arguing that the bailout worked. because the president did exactly what romney said he suggested all along. here's romney taking a step at that argument at wednesday night's debate. >> i wrote an op ed in the paper and i said absolutely not. these companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy just like airlines have and other industries have. go through a managed bankruptcy. and if they go through the managed bankruptcy and shed the excess of cost put on them by the uaw and their own mismanagement, then if they need help coming out of bankruptcy, the government can provide guarantees and get them back on their feet. >> well, just the proof that he had that audience stacked out there. they applauded the word bankruptcy. no audience in america applauds the word bankruptcy unless they were cued to do it by a bunch of whips now the the audience. which is what he had going th
mitt romney has a tough sell to make in michigan. he has to somehow convince vote there's he opposed president obama's bailout of detroit, while at the same time arguing that the bailout worked. because the president did exactly what romney said he suggested all along. here's romney taking a step at that argument at wednesday night's debate. >> i wrote an op ed in the paper and i said absolutely not. these companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy just like airlines have and other...
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he has to win michigan. >> well, he's not going to win michigan. what he's hoping is to work those more affluent suburbs of detroit as well as some of the more moderate areas. he got about 500 people to turn out in gross point woods the other day. he's hoping to have a better than expected showing in michigan. and then to win ohio. but that does not a path to the nomination make. what that makes is potentially a contested convention. he himself, chris, is saying that he doesn't think that he's going to be able to pull it off. but for sure what ted cruz is doing in florida, may also undermine him, because he's trying to take rubio down. if donald trump takes both michigan and florida, and comes close in ohio, i think it's game over. >> who says the media is all in new york? we've got somebody here from grand rapids, right down in the bottom of michigan. margaret from near harrisburg. these are not considered the tonier parts of town. are you sticking with us? >> yeah. >> the state -- the next time we're going to come back, tell me something we don't
he has to win michigan. >> well, he's not going to win michigan. what he's hoping is to work those more affluent suburbs of detroit as well as some of the more moderate areas. he got about 500 people to turn out in gross point woods the other day. he's hoping to have a better than expected showing in michigan. and then to win ohio. but that does not a path to the nomination make. what that makes is potentially a contested convention. he himself, chris, is saying that he doesn't think that...
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michigan has been my home, this is personal. i'm mitt romney i approve this message. >> talking points memo notes michigan ad is very similar to one released in new hampshire over the summer. >> we used to come here early on with our boys, played in the streams, went to the woods, climbed through the crevasses. >> he likes to drive. despite the long time ties to the state, michigan appears to be an uphill battle. critics point to his opposition of the 2009 auto bail-out. he suggested letting detroit go bankrupt. already president obama is playing up the industry's recovery as a major achievement in his reelection campaign. romney is defending his criticism with an op-ed yesterday in the detroit "free press" he argues it would be better without the intervention calling it bail-out crony capitalism on a grand scale. united auto workers president responded saying in part "whether we were at our darkest hour, mitt romney turned his back on the industry. their workers and the people of michigan, and in other place where americans dep
michigan has been my home, this is personal. i'm mitt romney i approve this message. >> talking points memo notes michigan ad is very similar to one released in new hampshire over the summer. >> we used to come here early on with our boys, played in the streams, went to the woods, climbed through the crevasses. >> he likes to drive. despite the long time ties to the state, michigan appears to be an uphill battle. critics point to his opposition of the 2009 auto bail-out. he...
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the bottom line in michigan, the tabulation is done. we've begun the process of certification and making that process official by overseeing the process and the results of the county and state level. that will continue. the folks who will -- whether filing lawsuits or showing up outside the counting board to try to interrupt the process, those are efforts to try to interfere with the voices of the people of michigan and detroit. it's not going to be successful. >> the trump campaign clearly is using the lawsuits and the filings as a way to try and, i guess, change the direction they're kurncurrently headed in. i know the lawsuit was thrown out. is there anything else you're preparing for to come from the trump campaign in the coming days? >> what we're seeing is an escalation of the misinformation. the same tactics we've seen from foreign and domestic actors. this effort to confuse voters about their vote, how to vote and now whether we can trust the results of michigan's elections. it's all baseless and disappointing. at a time when ou
the bottom line in michigan, the tabulation is done. we've begun the process of certification and making that process official by overseeing the process and the results of the county and state level. that will continue. the folks who will -- whether filing lawsuits or showing up outside the counting board to try to interrupt the process, those are efforts to try to interfere with the voices of the people of michigan and detroit. it's not going to be successful. >> the trump campaign...
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in michigan we'll get an update from the secretary of state in michigan. right now still too early to call in michigan. but we can note that some 90% of the precincts have reported their vote totals in michigan. here is a look at north carolina. north carolina still too close to call. 76,737 separating the two candidates there. in nevada, here is the look right now in nevada. all eyes on this battleground state right now. still too early to call in nevada. as you can see, joe biden with a slight lead. in pennsylvania, we just got an update from the governor and secretary of state there in pennsylvania. still too early to call. 78% of the precincts reporting. president trump with a significant lead there but too early to call. in wisconsin, here is a look. 97% of the precincts reporting in wisconsin. 20,697 votes separating the candidates in wisconsin. our team of correspondents spanning the country from the big board to the battleground states, covering every angle of this historic election. let's start at the big board. steve kornacki still there, rolled
in michigan we'll get an update from the secretary of state in michigan. right now still too early to call in michigan. but we can note that some 90% of the precincts have reported their vote totals in michigan. here is a look at north carolina. north carolina still too close to call. 76,737 separating the two candidates there. in nevada, here is the look right now in nevada. all eyes on this battleground state right now. still too early to call in nevada. as you can see, joe biden with a...
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it's about those new right to work signs in michigan yesterday. the detroit free press is out with an editorial saying unions need to remind people who life was like without them. unions built the middle class and improved the standard of living for workers. do you think unions helped grow the middle class. go to facebook."news nation" to cast the vote. that does it for us. thanks for joining us. patty murray, former pennsylvania governor and the daily beast will all join the "news nation." the cycle is up next. you ever notice that some people just have a knack for giving the perfect gift? they put real thought into it. and find just... the right...thing. how do they do that? more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. pick up a ridgid jobmax multi-tool starter kit and get a free head attachment.
it's about those new right to work signs in michigan yesterday. the detroit free press is out with an editorial saying unions need to remind people who life was like without them. unions built the middle class and improved the standard of living for workers. do you think unions helped grow the middle class. go to facebook."news nation" to cast the vote. that does it for us. thanks for joining us. patty murray, former pennsylvania governor and the daily beast will all join the...
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of michigan's vote. i mean that did happen today. he did summon them to the white house. and those michigan state legislators, those republican legislators put out a statement afterwards that was widely greeted as a very reassuring statement. i'll tell you, i read it as vague. maybe i'm incapable of being reassured at this point. but this is what they said in the part of their statement that was about this question we're talking about. they said, quote, we have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in michigan. and as legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding michigan's electors just as we've said throughout this election. michigan's certification process should be a deliberate process, free from threats and intimidation. allegations of fraudulent behavior should be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated. and if proven, prosecuted to the full e tent of the law. and the candidates who win the most votes, win
of michigan's vote. i mean that did happen today. he did summon them to the white house. and those michigan state legislators, those republican legislators put out a statement afterwards that was widely greeted as a very reassuring statement. i'll tell you, i read it as vague. maybe i'm incapable of being reassured at this point. but this is what they said in the part of their statement that was about this question we're talking about. they said, quote, we have not yet been made aware of any...
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this is new in michigan governance. this is not the way michigan was set up. this is not the way it was supposed to be. this is if a cop once waved you around a traffic accident to get around the crash and then on the next day on your commute and the day after you drove on the shoulder because you think that's your lane now. they are use an emergency provision for everything, even for the most contentious and partisan and divisive things they want to do. to take away health benefits for domestic partners of public employees. they jammed it through, the governor signed it and then three days before christmas, it was like, hey, gay folks, we just stripped your benefits on the basis of your sexual orientation, starting right now. merry christmas. they then used immediate effect to set aside $10 million to pay for that primary for rules they had screwed up and rewritten and to top one of michigan's most powerful unions from expanding. now, seriously, this is a fierce union. seriously thuggish. i'll show you. here they are conducting a labor action. ooh. it's the u
this is new in michigan governance. this is not the way michigan was set up. this is not the way it was supposed to be. this is if a cop once waved you around a traffic accident to get around the crash and then on the next day on your commute and the day after you drove on the shoulder because you think that's your lane now. they are use an emergency provision for everything, even for the most contentious and partisan and divisive things they want to do. to take away health benefits for...
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fraud claims in michigan. in late november, trump attorneys sydney powell and three other lawyers, filed a federal lawsuit in michigan trying to push many of the same claims. many of the lawsuit try to force the state of michigan into aborting its electoral votes to trump, even though biden won the election in michigan. the federal judge hearing that case in late november, not only dismissed the trump world lawsuit. she basically nuked it. she wrote in her ruling in early december quote, plaintiffs ask this court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections, and to ignore the will of millions of voters. this, the court, cannot and will not do. the people have spoken. the judge said quote, this lawsuit seems to be less about achieving the relief plane take seek, and more about the impact of their allegations on people 's faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government. trust in our government pow. that was december. well, on monday morning, this upcoming monday, br
fraud claims in michigan. in late november, trump attorneys sydney powell and three other lawyers, filed a federal lawsuit in michigan trying to push many of the same claims. many of the lawsuit try to force the state of michigan into aborting its electoral votes to trump, even though biden won the election in michigan. the federal judge hearing that case in late november, not only dismissed the trump world lawsuit. she basically nuked it. she wrote in her ruling in early december quote,...
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i'm here in michigan and i want to talk about michigan. joining me now, the attorney general of michigan. attorney general nestle, i'm glad to be in your state, for all the wrong reasons unfortunately. i did not think you or i, or any attorney general and i would be having this conversation in the united states about charges brought against 13 people, some by the federal government and some by you, for essentially what are terrorist acts. >> yeah. well, obviously, it's a very disturbing set of circumstances, but in some ways, honestly, inevitable, given the rhetoric we've heard from the white house and the failure to condemn white spreupremacy groups, groups tha involve terrorism. we heard the fbi director talk about the fact that the exponential rise across the country in these groups poses the biggest threats we have to american society right now. it's alarming. it's disturbing, but not very shocking to me. >> let's talk about the fact that you said, in fact -- you said this may well be the tip of the iceberg. there's more than just poli
i'm here in michigan and i want to talk about michigan. joining me now, the attorney general of michigan. attorney general nestle, i'm glad to be in your state, for all the wrong reasons unfortunately. i did not think you or i, or any attorney general and i would be having this conversation in the united states about charges brought against 13 people, some by the federal government and some by you, for essentially what are terrorist acts. >> yeah. well, obviously, it's a very disturbing...
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i mean dara leave the show and berry county michigan he was in the only person in michigan the dried up. this story is just insane. it's playing out in part in court. it's one out across village, township. in michigan it's at the very tibi top of the mid and if you think of the peninsula as the mitten. and january 2020, line right after the election phoned up a guy who ran a computer technician business. the woman said she was calling from something of the election integrity commission and was working to collect all voting data from voting machines all across the state of michigan. she told him she needed his help. according to her, there was one voting machine in the state that she was having trouble accessing. the one in cross village township. where she's from. the machine was not connected to the internet so she could not access the data, she needed him to physically go to the machine make a copy of all the data on it and then bring that data back to her before the machine was quote wiped clean in routine maintenance. according to the local press following this woman's obstructio
i mean dara leave the show and berry county michigan he was in the only person in michigan the dried up. this story is just insane. it's playing out in part in court. it's one out across village, township. in michigan it's at the very tibi top of the mid and if you think of the peninsula as the mitten. and january 2020, line right after the election phoned up a guy who ran a computer technician business. the woman said she was calling from something of the election integrity commission and was...
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that man is mike tricky, he is a state senator of michigan, he's a leader of the michigan state senate. and this video was taken november, 2020. right after the election and the airport in washington d. c.. what was he doing in washington, d. c.? he was asked that. why are you here, why are you meeting with president trump? you could hear him initially engaging with the questions but then you turn to song. which is sort of endearing. but it's interesting, it's not like it was a secret that he was there meeting with president trump in washington. it was reported widely and publicly at the time that president trump was inviting a whole delegation of michigan lawmakers in the white house. he was invading the -- insisting he must have won that state an all must of been stolen from him. officially, what the white house said and what the michigan officials said is that the meeting was, to talk about covid. that these michigan officials were coming to the white house to meet to the president to talk about covid issues. really? is that really in fact why he summoned them there? well again, thi
that man is mike tricky, he is a state senator of michigan, he's a leader of the michigan state senate. and this video was taken november, 2020. right after the election and the airport in washington d. c.. what was he doing in washington, d. c.? he was asked that. why are you here, why are you meeting with president trump? you could hear him initially engaging with the questions but then you turn to song. which is sort of endearing. but it's interesting, it's not like it was a secret that he...
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count michigan. count michigan. demand a transparent forensic audit. and when you heard that gentlemen say there is that the new republican platform should be based around this. which is basically true, right? this is what the republican -- the republican county or statewide elected officials of your choice is likely running on next year. if you want to get votes from the trump supporting base of the republican party, you have to support there being these investigations of the last election. you have to do one of the fake audits. you have to commit to the idea that the 2020 election was fraudulent and stolen. and you'll stop the next election from being stolen. because, otherwise, why vote, right? if the machines are all hacked by democrats and, you know, dead economist dictators. what's the point? we'll all stay home unless you republican candidate commit -- commit to the fantasy that trump somehow secretly won the last election and it's all by big cover-up. meanwhile, republicans across michigan really are very quietly stacking local elections boards
count michigan. count michigan. demand a transparent forensic audit. and when you heard that gentlemen say there is that the new republican platform should be based around this. which is basically true, right? this is what the republican -- the republican county or statewide elected officials of your choice is likely running on next year. if you want to get votes from the trump supporting base of the republican party, you have to support there being these investigations of the last election....
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but maybe i can lean on these michigan lawmakers to have michigan state trooper goes do it. or some local sheriff. in the times, telling this week, the state lawmakers refused to go along with that demand from donald trump. what we've been wondering whether there is a connection here, right? whether there was some connection between that reported pressure campaign from trump to get state lawmakers to get local law enforcement to go seize voting machines in those states, whether that was connected to these two weird meetings that happened in the oval office right after the election. meetings with again lawmakers from michigan, lawmakers from pennsylvania. if those meetings were not actually opportunities, to talk about covid funding but another prong in trump's scheme to try to seize voting machines in the swing states, couldn't we find that out? well, we spoke with the "new york times" reporters who broke that story this week, and they gave us this, i think, important clarification, they told us that their sources confirmed to them that in fact that's what those oval office
but maybe i can lean on these michigan lawmakers to have michigan state trooper goes do it. or some local sheriff. in the times, telling this week, the state lawmakers refused to go along with that demand from donald trump. what we've been wondering whether there is a connection here, right? whether there was some connection between that reported pressure campaign from trump to get state lawmakers to get local law enforcement to go seize voting machines in those states, whether that was...
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i am still the general counsel for the michigan republican party.ch but maybe that's not the michigan republican party anymore. maybe the michigan republican party is no longer at migop.org. maybe the real michigan republican party is at mi-gop.org. the punctuation is sometimes everything. ask the armed panda near you. eats shoots and leaves. if you put a dash between the mi and the gop at mi-gop.org, you find yourself at a totally different michigan republican party website, one where the chair is not kristina karamo but rather this other person, a totally different person. how can both of these people be the chair of the michigan republican party? p how can both of these things be the michigan republican party? well, you could try to click through, but it turns out ut there's nothing to click on on this other michigan republican party web page. but they do both purport to be the same thing. here it says at the bottom of the page, january 6, 2024, this weekend gop state committee members voted to remove chair kristina karamo. did they do that? has she been removed? the other michigan
i am still the general counsel for the michigan republican party.ch but maybe that's not the michigan republican party anymore. maybe the michigan republican party is no longer at migop.org. maybe the real michigan republican party is at mi-gop.org. the punctuation is sometimes everything. ask the armed panda near you. eats shoots and leaves. if you put a dash between the mi and the gop at mi-gop.org, you find yourself at a totally different michigan republican party website, one where the...
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that's the controversy in michigan. do you send the applications out preemptively to all voters, do they have to request the absentee application? there's even as we saw, by the way, this is the other one, i meant to say, the other thing, states don't have a ton of experience with this. this is the percentage of votes in swing states that were cast in person in the most recent election. look at these three. north carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin. almost all votes cast in person. suddenly in these states this year, they're getting a flood of mail-in ballots. they haven't processed it before, dealt with that. you talk about florida, two-thirds was in person in 2018, either in person early or in person same day. arizona is the only one with that kind of experience, with that scale of mail-in voting. one other thing i mentioned, the most expensive form of mail-in voting in california in the special election, every voter in that district was mailed not an application but a ballot. they sent out 425,000 ballots. everybody th
that's the controversy in michigan. do you send the applications out preemptively to all voters, do they have to request the absentee application? there's even as we saw, by the way, this is the other one, i meant to say, the other thing, states don't have a ton of experience with this. this is the percentage of votes in swing states that were cast in person in the most recent election. look at these three. north carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin. almost all votes cast in person. suddenly in...
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. >> look, i'm from michigan and there's no way he's going to win michigan. >> you think he's hopeless. >> michigan is a blue state. >> you think he's hopeless. >> i do. the avenues are shutting down, and you've got so many early votes. we were talking about north carolina a minute ago. 1.6 million people have already voted in north carolina. he's got a tough road ahead of him. >> let's talk about what he can do, because anything can happen in a week. >> if you've got a million votes already in the bag -- >> things can happen. they keep happening. 8:00 next tuesday when the polls close, we'll have battleground states of florida. the villages, a retirement area where trump is pulling in rather well. chester county which has the highest concentration of voters in the state. clinton says she will outperform his result. let's talk about philly. i know it well. in the last election, barack obama got 50%. in delaware he got 54%. the numbers are huge already. that's obama. hillary may be challenging. >> rural pennsylvania will be a smaller part of the equation. and frankly, in suburban philad
. >> look, i'm from michigan and there's no way he's going to win michigan. >> you think he's hopeless. >> michigan is a blue state. >> you think he's hopeless. >> i do. the avenues are shutting down, and you've got so many early votes. we were talking about north carolina a minute ago. 1.6 million people have already voted in north carolina. he's got a tough road ahead of him. >> let's talk about what he can do, because anything can happen in a week....
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michigan, of these three battleground states, michigan has been the hardest hit. right about the national average for testing, and the death rate in michigan nearly double that. the detroit area had one of the earliest and bigger outbreaks we have seen. the trend line in michigan, cases are down, testing is up. those are good signs. if you look at pennsylvania, not as bad as michigan, closer to the national average. that's basically what you're seeing there. the big warning in pennsylvania, if you will. tests per day are not as up as much. testing really needs to pick up in pennsylvania. wisconsin very devil story than michigan, pennsylvania and the country. much lower in cases, much lower in deaths, it does not hit wisconsin the way it has these other states, the way it has nationally. wisconsin has not gotten the brunt of it, stephanie. >>> all right. steve, those numbers are the facts. let's go to the feelings. charlie sikes joins us, and ron fournier, longtime michigan journalist. charlie, take ups to wisconsin. what are people most concerned about? >> as stev
michigan, of these three battleground states, michigan has been the hardest hit. right about the national average for testing, and the death rate in michigan nearly double that. the detroit area had one of the earliest and bigger outbreaks we have seen. the trend line in michigan, cases are down, testing is up. those are good signs. if you look at pennsylvania, not as bad as michigan, closer to the national average. that's basically what you're seeing there. the big warning in pennsylvania, if...
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thus far, this suit has not changed anything in michigan. i want to give you a little more time and walk us through what is your response on behalf of the state to what the trump campaign is accusing because they're effectively saying that michigan and you are messing up and that somehow you're not following the rules that provide for this type of transparency and oversight of the counting, which regardless of which candidate people like is the law of the land and important. your response? >> so let me be abundantly clear. this say meritless, fraudulent lawsuit to sew seeds of doubt about the integrity of our well established election and protocols at the moment we anticipated a lot of misinformation would target the state from the minute the polls closed to the minute we were about to get very close to having that full tabulation so recognize it for what it is, an attempt to confuse what actually is a very transparent secure process in michigan where all of our legal protocols have been followed by election workers, thousands of whom have b
thus far, this suit has not changed anything in michigan. i want to give you a little more time and walk us through what is your response on behalf of the state to what the trump campaign is accusing because they're effectively saying that michigan and you are messing up and that somehow you're not following the rules that provide for this type of transparency and oversight of the counting, which regardless of which candidate people like is the law of the land and important. your response?...
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in michigan, the democratic party controls both houses of the michigan legislature and the governorship and both u.s. senate seats and all of the state-wide offices. so, yeah, they're not -- they're not saying much about this. it may not be the first rule of politics, but it's right up there. when your opponents are skriz matically fracturing and occasionally punching each other in the nose and leaving the doors unlocked at their state headquarters and then fighting in the courts to try to sell that headquarters for cash that they might very well end up giving to a weirdo hollywood actor who promotes qanon, when that befalls your political opponent, in a two-party system, the rule is, shh. say nothing. leave them to their thing. they're doing fine on their own. but that's the state of play right now in michigan. again, one of the most important swing states in the country. in florida today, which not that long ago was the most famous swing state of them all. the florida republican party voted to oust its chairman as welcome. the florida case is a little different than michigan. in flori
in michigan, the democratic party controls both houses of the michigan legislature and the governorship and both u.s. senate seats and all of the state-wide offices. so, yeah, they're not -- they're not saying much about this. it may not be the first rule of politics, but it's right up there. when your opponents are skriz matically fracturing and occasionally punching each other in the nose and leaving the doors unlocked at their state headquarters and then fighting in the courts to try to sell...
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both from michigan. trump won michigan by less than a quarter of a percentage point in 2016. it was a very, very tight race, coming within about 10,000 votes there. cory coffin joins us from harrison township, michigan and you have with you debbie dingle glnch that is right. we want to bring in congress woman dingle to talk about the vote and the next stimulus relief package for michigan voters and residents because that is crucial for them and the timing on all of that. so thank you so much for joining us this morning with a very good morning to you. i want to jump right now. in 2016 you warned democrats that trump could win michigan and other rust belt seats. do you have a warning for democrats today. >> it is good to see you and welcome to michigan. i think -- i wish i could be there with you mask and all. i continue to worry. i think that joe biden is doing a good job in trying to connect with the voters. i think we're going to see different issues this year than we saw four years ago. it is going to be a covid-driven message, although one in four in michigan are without
both from michigan. trump won michigan by less than a quarter of a percentage point in 2016. it was a very, very tight race, coming within about 10,000 votes there. cory coffin joins us from harrison township, michigan and you have with you debbie dingle glnch that is right. we want to bring in congress woman dingle to talk about the vote and the next stimulus relief package for michigan voters and residents because that is crucial for them and the timing on all of that. so thank you so much...
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michigan has over 29,000 confirmed cases. today, the state passed 2,000 deaths. that gives michigan the grim distinction of having the third highest death toll in the country. after new york and new jersey. given that, it is surreal is not the right word, but close, it's remarkable, at least, that this was the scene yesterday outside the michigan state capital, confederate flag waving trump 2020 flag waving people out on the street and ultimately blocking traffic in protest of the michigan governor having a stay-at-home order in place. these protesters demanding that the governor just rip the lid off, open it back up, let folks get back to business as usual, why all this overreacting? it's only more than 2,000 dead and counting. tonight, in michigan, republican state lawmakers are trying to force an end to the governor's declaration of the state of emergency. and also four sheriffs in northern michigan now say they will not strictly enforce the governor's order to try to limit the spread of coronavirus. between the scale of the outbreak in michigan, which is quit
michigan has over 29,000 confirmed cases. today, the state passed 2,000 deaths. that gives michigan the grim distinction of having the third highest death toll in the country. after new york and new jersey. given that, it is surreal is not the right word, but close, it's remarkable, at least, that this was the scene yesterday outside the michigan state capital, confederate flag waving trump 2020 flag waving people out on the street and ultimately blocking traffic in protest of the michigan...
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because we've been doing the work in michigan. michigan voters made it easier to register and vote than it ever has been. two years ago. now we're using the systems to make sure people can cast ballots. the reason biden and obama are here in michigan is because they know we can deliver a maximum turn tout that delivers a victory for the vice president. >> i want to get yur sense on how you think this joint event from president obama, former vice president joe biden is going to play in the state of michigan. two stops, we understand drive-in rallies. how much do you think that's going to try to get joe biden over the finish line? >> i think it's tremendous. i mean, president obama is the most popular democrat in the country. and people love him here in the state of michigan. because president obama and vice president biden showed up for michigan. they showed up in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008 to make sure our middle class could thrive. they showed up for the auto industry to make sure our manufacturing jobs could s
because we've been doing the work in michigan. michigan voters made it easier to register and vote than it ever has been. two years ago. now we're using the systems to make sure people can cast ballots. the reason biden and obama are here in michigan is because they know we can deliver a maximum turn tout that delivers a victory for the vice president. >> i want to get yur sense on how you think this joint event from president obama, former vice president joe biden is going to play in the...
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here's the truth, michigan. this pandemic would have been challenging for any president but this idea that this white house has done anything but completely screw this up is nonsense. canada identified its first case the same week that the u.s. did. just a few miles up. it's not close. i may not be pointing north, but canada is pretty close by. our mortality rate in the united states is 2.5 times higher than canada. think about that. if we had the same percentage of folks dying in canada as we do here, nearly 90,000 americans would have died instead of 230,000 meamericans. if we handled this pandemic like canada did, 140,000 of our fellow americans might still be alive today. think about that. think about that. yet despite that, last week when trump was asked if he do anything different, he said not much. really? not much. can't think of anything. listen, i understand the president was anxious to down play it because he wanted to get credit for the economy that he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic he ign
here's the truth, michigan. this pandemic would have been challenging for any president but this idea that this white house has done anything but completely screw this up is nonsense. canada identified its first case the same week that the u.s. did. just a few miles up. it's not close. i may not be pointing north, but canada is pretty close by. our mortality rate in the united states is 2.5 times higher than canada. think about that. if we had the same percentage of folks dying in canada as we...
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they want him to do well in michigan. michigan is an open primary. democrats can vote there. they are going to have to say that they are republicans at the polling place, but they can show up there and vote. if a couple thousand democrats show up in michigan, i think it could help. >> the country is dropping the debates like flies. the cnn debate is now dead down there. wouldn't everybody like to see a mano-e-mano between santorum and romney now? just the two of them. let them go at it. the cultural conservative and the sort of weirdly detached presence of mitt romney and santorum. >> reporters would like that and santorum would like that. i don't know if the nation is hoping for this kind of debate. maybe. >> are you on my side or are you working against me here? >> i think if newt does fade here -- >> you know that thing in austin powers where the seat disappears? we need santorum. we love this guy. >> but if newt does fade hard here, i think you'll see a one on one-type campaign where there will be pressure to do more debates because you'll have, like you said, a mano-e-ma
they want him to do well in michigan. michigan is an open primary. democrats can vote there. they are going to have to say that they are republicans at the polling place, but they can show up there and vote. if a couple thousand democrats show up in michigan, i think it could help. >> the country is dropping the debates like flies. the cnn debate is now dead down there. wouldn't everybody like to see a mano-e-mano between santorum and romney now? just the two of them. let them go at it....
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he's a longtime michigan republican. he's a former republican member of the board of state canvassers in michigan. that's the group of four people who will be charged with certifying michigan's election results on monday. he used to be one of the two republican members of that board. that board has two republicans and two democrats. mr. timmer used to be one of those republican members. now, mr. timmer has since become an independent. he is a strong critic of president trump now. he's a senior adviser to the lincoln project. he's a co-founder of republicans and independents for biden. but he's watching this closely, and he's sort of sending up a warning flag for all of us. today he said this as a warning about what's going on in his home state with these efforts to throw out the election results. he said, quote, be alarmed, america. serious games are afoot in michigan. joining us now is jeff timmer. he's a senior adviser to the lincoln project. he served as one of the two republicans on michigan's board of canvassers fro
he's a longtime michigan republican. he's a former republican member of the board of state canvassers in michigan. that's the group of four people who will be charged with certifying michigan's election results on monday. he used to be one of the two republican members of that board. that board has two republicans and two democrats. mr. timmer used to be one of those republican members. now, mr. timmer has since become an independent. he is a strong critic of president trump now. he's a senior...
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trump is narrowing in on michigan which will certify in the coming days. he tried to cozy up to two leading republican state legislators from michigan. that seemed to back fire. after meeting with trump yesterday, the michigan legislators see no reason to overturn biden's projected win. the president-elect received support in the state from urban areas like detroit's wayne county. unsurprisingly, throws the same places where trump's legal team is refuting the results. rudy giuliani said this week, quote, it changes the result of the election in michigan if you take out wayne county. of course it does. wayne county is the most populous in the state. heavily democratic. it happens to be a lot of black voters who broke heavily for biden. it is clear what they are trying to say with the fight. it is too loud to be called a dog whistle. i'm joined by the michigan lieutenant governor. the wayne county native. and roland martin. good morning to both of you, gentlemen. good to see you. lieutenant governor, you are a man who does speak your mind. i'm not worried ab
trump is narrowing in on michigan which will certify in the coming days. he tried to cozy up to two leading republican state legislators from michigan. that seemed to back fire. after meeting with trump yesterday, the michigan legislators see no reason to overturn biden's projected win. the president-elect received support in the state from urban areas like detroit's wayne county. unsurprisingly, throws the same places where trump's legal team is refuting the results. rudy giuliani said this...
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michigan now the former vice president in the lead. pennsylvania, they are behind now, but campaign advisors and democrats in the state of pennsylvania see that they are on the right track to win by as many as 100,000 votes, potentially even more. georgia a genuine toss-up, but there is also the legal strategy that is brewing as well. a top lawyer for the biden campaign saying earlier today that these claims that the president made about taking to the supreme court are unfounded, there is no path for him there. as he said, the president is not even sending his lawyers to the supreme court right now and if he does pursue this legal strategy, he would suffer one of the most embarrassing defeats as any president of the united states before the high court. but the biden campaign doing something as well signals that this could be a provide longed fight starting what they are calling their fight fund, raising money to help support the legal strategy. and saying that they are ready to meet any challenges that the trump campaign files within t
michigan now the former vice president in the lead. pennsylvania, they are behind now, but campaign advisors and democrats in the state of pennsylvania see that they are on the right track to win by as many as 100,000 votes, potentially even more. georgia a genuine toss-up, but there is also the legal strategy that is brewing as well. a top lawyer for the biden campaign saying earlier today that these claims that the president made about taking to the supreme court are unfounded, there is no...
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that joe biden didn't really win michigan by more than 150,000 votes, that somehow the voting in michigan must have been tampered with or burgled by the hamburglar. somehow trump must have won. they looked into all of it deeply and what they found was butkus. i quote, this committee exhausted every resource available to it to thoroughly and faithfully dpam inour elections process in michigan and drill down on claims speck to the 2020 election. no evidence of widespread fraud. a detailed examination of all evidence presented an undeniable conclusion, there is no evidence to prove either significant acts of fraud or that an organized wide scale effort to commit fraudulent activity was perpetrated in order to subvert the will of michigan voters. wawa. again, this was a review by republicans in the michigan state senate. no fraud or irregularities. turns out biden won michigan. full stop. at the top of trump conspiracy theories is a totally bananas set of claims about one michigan county, an tropical storm county. and the republican senators who investigated the conspiracy theories found the
that joe biden didn't really win michigan by more than 150,000 votes, that somehow the voting in michigan must have been tampered with or burgled by the hamburglar. somehow trump must have won. they looked into all of it deeply and what they found was butkus. i quote, this committee exhausted every resource available to it to thoroughly and faithfully dpam inour elections process in michigan and drill down on claims speck to the 2020 election. no evidence of widespread fraud. a detailed...
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liberate michigan, tear off your masks, idaho. it's one thing to be mad at how terrible he has run the -- how terribly he has orun the federa government when it comes to this disaster. but it is another thing to come to the realization that he really is johnny appleseeding this thing all over the country. i mean, he is like a universal donor for this thing. his actual campaign, his personal ego-feeding desire to do large in-person unmasked events, even specifically at events reserved just for old people, even in places where the virus is running rampant and the hospitals are full to bursting, that isn't just, you know, callous or tone deaf. that is one of the things that is driving this epidemic into the stratosphere right now right as we head into the election. he is an epidemiological menace. i mean, in office, sure. but actually in person is what i mean. we are 11 days out. while president trump held his scattered showe super-spreader event today, vice president biden gave a speech on covid and how he would handle the coronavir
liberate michigan, tear off your masks, idaho. it's one thing to be mad at how terrible he has run the -- how terribly he has orun the federa government when it comes to this disaster. but it is another thing to come to the realization that he really is johnny appleseeding this thing all over the country. i mean, he is like a universal donor for this thing. his actual campaign, his personal ego-feeding desire to do large in-person unmasked events, even specifically at events reserved just for...
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that involves the state of mi michigan and individuals who live in michigan. it is not the first time i have seen their names. we are tired of them coming into our state and stirring up this kind of trouble by using misleading statements trying to intimidate voters. >> are you worried of other types or approaches towards voter intimidation in michigan. such a crucial swing state as you mention the margins there in 2016 is basically nothing. are you worried this may be designed to dub tail at michigan's polling places? >> that's why we are trying to work with our partners, the mt. social media platforms. we talked to facebook and twitter and youtube, we are trying to ensure that as soon as we identify misinformation. it is a little hard when so much misinformation is coming from the president of the united states himself. >> we have to fight back with misinformation with accurate information and make sure people know how to vote and when to vote and when their vote counts. we want to make sure that does not happen by letting people know there are all these diff
that involves the state of mi michigan and individuals who live in michigan. it is not the first time i have seen their names. we are tired of them coming into our state and stirring up this kind of trouble by using misleading statements trying to intimidate voters. >> are you worried of other types or approaches towards voter intimidation in michigan. such a crucial swing state as you mention the margins there in 2016 is basically nothing. are you worried this may be designed to dub tail...
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just as michigan is set to certify joe biden as the winner of its electoral vote, the rnc chair and michigan gop chair sent a joint letter to the michigan board of canvassers demanding that they adjourn for 14 days so that a full audit can take place of the wayne county results, meaning detroit. the four-member board of state canvassers is set to meet monday to review and certify the statewide results like every single one of trump and his loyalists claims, plural, letter cites no evidence at all. it reads like a bad attempt at a mafia style because i say so than any serious legal letter. amazingly, the tactic appears to be working as "the new york times" reports one of the two republican members of the four member michigan board is actually contemplating whether to plblock the certification at tomorrow's meeting and says he received hundreds of phone calls and text messages from people telling him to certify and not to certify adding you can't make up your mind before you get all the facts. it's very important to note right now in every instance trump and his loyalist have failed to provide
just as michigan is set to certify joe biden as the winner of its electoral vote, the rnc chair and michigan gop chair sent a joint letter to the michigan board of canvassers demanding that they adjourn for 14 days so that a full audit can take place of the wayne county results, meaning detroit. the four-member board of state canvassers is set to meet monday to review and certify the statewide results like every single one of trump and his loyalists claims, plural, letter cites no evidence at...
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here in michigan, we'v expanded rights for the lgbt community. we have expanded workers rights we have expanded reproductiv rights we've made michigan a more competitive state that is goin to lure talent here. and these other governors an legislatures are trying to rollback those rights, targe people we have big problems in this country to solve we have to worry about nationa security cyberattacks we've got climate change i mean, there's 1 millio things we could be working o that all of humanity depends o us getting right yet, they're waging war agains their own people it's crazy you know, if this continues, i think that we are going to b very much a nation at risk, as well as the democracy that we've been fighting so hard to make sure continues, and i safe and voting rights, i mean, there's just so much at risk here, ali, i just cannot get m head around where these guys are going. we deserve better. we're leading here in michigan it's been a productive hundred days, people looking for a state where you can be who you are, and have all the righ y
here in michigan, we'v expanded rights for the lgbt community. we have expanded workers rights we have expanded reproductiv rights we've made michigan a more competitive state that is goin to lure talent here. and these other governors an legislatures are trying to rollback those rights, targe people we have big problems in this country to solve we have to worry about nationa security cyberattacks we've got climate change i mean, there's 1 millio things we could be working o that all of...
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up know it shows just how important michigan is. especially as they reach out to african-american voters. talking about the role of a running mate, the role joe biden played eight years with president obama it's to testify to their character and also really defend him against attacks. seeing it also on the campaign trail in florida where kamala harris, joe biden's running mate answered criticism from the trump campaign about joe biden especially towards latino voters. listen to what she had to say. >> i know there's been, you know, folks on the other side trying to, trying to question the values that joe biden and i have. so let me just be really clear, florida. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans -- [ cheers and applause ] [ horns honking ] -- who share the values with the vast majority of the american people who want a president of the united states who speaks truth, who uses that platform not to beat people down but to lift people up. >> reporter: so this event here in flint, the first two of stops today. barack obama,
up know it shows just how important michigan is. especially as they reach out to african-american voters. talking about the role of a running mate, the role joe biden played eight years with president obama it's to testify to their character and also really defend him against attacks. seeing it also on the campaign trail in florida where kamala harris, joe biden's running mate answered criticism from the trump campaign about joe biden especially towards latino voters. listen to what she had to...
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shannon, let me start with you in michigan. we start there, the president's campaign manager two weeks ago, essentially had written off both much and wisconsin as paths to 270. and yet they are going there anyway because it shows you they don't really have any other paths. >> well, they're on defense all over the place. i'm sorry, chuck. ted nugent is behind me doing a rendition of the national anthem. >> michigan's own. >> not sure how much of this you can hear. but the campaign knows that they cannot win or they can't get to re-election without winning michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. they can lose two of those, but they can't lose all three. and they are in a battle for every last electoral vote at this point. the president is going to nebraska after this. he is fighting for one electoral vote in the omaha congressional district. and that's because his campaign believes there's a scenario where this election could be decided by one electoral vote. for instance, the president holds everything he won in 2016 but loses mic
shannon, let me start with you in michigan. we start there, the president's campaign manager two weeks ago, essentially had written off both much and wisconsin as paths to 270. and yet they are going there anyway because it shows you they don't really have any other paths. >> well, they're on defense all over the place. i'm sorry, chuck. ted nugent is behind me doing a rendition of the national anthem. >> michigan's own. >> not sure how much of this you can hear. but the...
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i've fought for michigan like no one has ever fought for michigan. before i became president, the great state of michigan was hemorrhaging, your car companies and your car businesses. thanks to corrupt politicians like joe biden, he has turned out to be a skru e a corrupt po plants were closing and moving to mexico, you know that better than anybody. there have been no new plants built in michigan in decades before i got here. i stopped the moves and now plants are being built and already -- >> the president speaking to a campaign rally in washington, michigan. starting out complain be about the cold and new sonow some of greatest hits about what he's done. mary trurnlg, yomp, your final before the nation makes its choice for who the next president of the united states should be. >> everybody needs to vote. that is for sure. you know, that is the only way that we can have a democracy or ever hope to have a democracy i should say. i want people to focus on who aren't decided yet and i am assuming that undecided are people w.h.ho don't know if the want
i've fought for michigan like no one has ever fought for michigan. before i became president, the great state of michigan was hemorrhaging, your car companies and your car businesses. thanks to corrupt politicians like joe biden, he has turned out to be a skru e a corrupt po plants were closing and moving to mexico, you know that better than anybody. there have been no new plants built in michigan in decades before i got here. i stopped the moves and now plants are being built and already --...
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he did it in front of michigan. many thanks and blessings to them. >> still to come, election stress is high. as you heard michael say people are tired and perhaps you are, too. what can we do to survive and keep calm. we'll get some experts advise. one more battleground state is not usually such a battleground. texas. richard liu is here with the headline. >> legendary sean connery died at the age of 90, best known as the original james bond. he gained a claim for later movies, 1988 for his iconic role in "the untouchables." >>> boris johnson announced a one month lockdown. international travels will be banned except for business purposes. the night skies are offering a special treat this halloween. it will be a blue mean. that means it is the second full moon of the month. nasa says that full moon only occurs on halloween about once every 19 years, go out and enjoy it. more with joshua right after the break. more with joshua right after the break. >>> it would be 44 years since texas picked a democrat for presiden
he did it in front of michigan. many thanks and blessings to them. >> still to come, election stress is high. as you heard michael say people are tired and perhaps you are, too. what can we do to survive and keep calm. we'll get some experts advise. one more battleground state is not usually such a battleground. texas. richard liu is here with the headline. >> legendary sean connery died at the age of 90, best known as the original james bond. he gained a claim for later movies,...
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if you take those two states, michigan and wisconsin, wisconsin and michigan where biden has the biggest leads over trump. if those polls hold up and biden wins those states, that brings him up to 258. thn you take a state like north carolina, if biden picks that one up, with wisconsin, michigan and north carolina, he's over 270. that's not even touch iing pennsylvania. that's not talking about florida. that's not getting to any of the other states on this map. it's the two strongest midwest states for biden. if those hold for him and then he picks up a north carolina, locks like he would be over 270 unless trump could find a blue state of his own to flip. but basically that's how critical it is for trump to carry the state of north carolina. given the difficulties he's having in the polling in the upper midwest, a state like carolina, a state like florida and georgia, he's got to hang on to it to have a pathway. >> steve kornacki giving a lot to digest. phil, let me come to you. in 2016 the story was about the blue wall that president trump plowed through in pennsylvania, michigan and w
if you take those two states, michigan and wisconsin, wisconsin and michigan where biden has the biggest leads over trump. if those polls hold up and biden wins those states, that brings him up to 258. thn you take a state like north carolina, if biden picks that one up, with wisconsin, michigan and north carolina, he's over 270. that's not even touch iing pennsylvania. that's not talking about florida. that's not getting to any of the other states on this map. it's the two strongest midwest...